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In the scenario Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew is based on the age change. Sarah is dealing with many feelings, before deciding?? to attend the party, which will cause her to be late for curfew. Notice how this scenario does not include a phone call to her parents, which would have done according to the upbringing described within the scenario. Sarah has now pondering going to the party with her new group of friends. She feels most certain that she can develop a reasonable explanation to her parents as to why she’s returning home after curfew.
The trust beјen a parent and child is at risk. Will the fear of breaking her trust with her parents outweigh the promised of the fun she might experience with her new group of friends? In this situation, Sarah, chooses the acceptance of her new friends by attending the party without asking permission. As our children get older, we as parent just want to know our children are safe or home and the child wants to be treated as an adult. Therefore, we come across some factors contributing to the power-struggle between the parent and child.
Most of the challenges that hillier and parents are faced With is puberty, emotions, peer pressure, etc. Sarah conform to her peers by allowing herself not to remain the responsible teenager she was raised to be. Hearing the hype about the party influenced her more. This type of action is affiliated with normative social influence, which allows one to be controlled by others in a group. The group put pressure on an individual and have them to believe what they often do not believe. Sarah wanted to keep her new friends so she was disobedient, because she didn’t want to lose their friendship.
Social impact also plays a big part in her decision as well due to the large number of people within the group. The effects of being influenced happens every day to individuals of all ages. If we allow it to consume us then the majority will always win in the end. A person must learn to with stand their ground by standing up for what they believe in and not what others believe they should do. Sarah didn’t come to this realization until she had already disobeyed her parents. Once you lose trust in someone it’s very hard to gain it back. Trust is to be earned and not given by any means.
The scenario also tells us about a young fell name Jack who was interested in Sarah. Jack and Sarah begun a conversation at the party. During the conversation he realized that they had more in common than expected so he asked when he could see her again. In my opinion, I believe the first possible reason that jack was interested in Sarah was due to the physical attractiveness. However, once they became comfortable in their conversation he notice so many similarities in which they both shared. This is what led him to the conclusion of deciding on asking her out on a date.
Conflict was the type of social interaction displayed with the fight at the party. This had a major effect on the guest at the party because it made them scared and feel unsecured. Sarah and her new found friends made a good choice in leaving the party once the fight broke out while others ran to go and see what was going to be the outcome. In many schools around the world I’m sure this kind of situation often happens in a school setting as well. Conflict tends to occur often amongst individuals. The hardest thing for many people to do when faced with this challenge is walking away.
Sarah’s behavior was openness. She wanted to be able to experience something she never experienced before. Being adventurous and curious made her an easy target to influence by others to attend the party. I don’t think that her group of new friends influenced her the whole night while they were out. Sarah is currently 15 years of age in this story, which means she is held accountable for her own actions. Now that she realizes going to the party was great, she also questions her disobedient behavior and tries to figure out if it was worth it or not.